Something fishy in the rat brain: Molecular genetics of the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 741-749

  Murphy, David ^a   Si Hoe, San Ling ^b   Brenner, Sydney ^b   Venkatesh, Byrappa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ISOTOCIN; MESOTOCIN; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BODY WATER; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; DIURESIS; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NATRIURESIS; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXIC FISH; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY WATER; CATTLE; DIURESIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES, POISONOUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; MICE; NATRIURESIS; NEURONS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXYTOCIN; RATS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SODIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENES; VASOPRESSINS; VASOTOCIN; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0032170284     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199809)20:9<741::AID-BIES7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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